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Nationwide And Woolwich Pile On The Pain For Borrowers

Borrowers have been dealt another blow as mortgage giants Nationwide and Woolwich raise rates and the cost of two-year fixed rate mortgages hits a ten-year high. Research by financial information specialist Moneyfacts.co.uk has shown the cost of... Read >
Author: Christian Ward

Credit Cards Combat Rising Petrol Prices

The cost of fuel has spiralled this year, but you can help offset this by taking out the right type of cashback credit card. A litre of unleaded fuel cost 117.2p on average on June 11 2008, according to Petrolprices.com, and is tipped to rise further, ... Read >
Author: Christian Ward

Credit Is Harder To Get

Borrowers wishing to take out personal loans will find that some major lenders have withdrawn some of their loan facilities. Unsecured personal loans were withdrawn last year by GE money, Leeds Building Society and Eskimo Loans - who are funded by Nort... Read >
Author: Linsey Summers

First Direct Closes Doors To Non-Customer Mortgages

HSBC subsidiary First Direct has withdrawn the offer of mortgages to non-customers, further fuelling the crisis in the lending industry. Recently the bank has been receiving a deluge of applications and simply does not have the staff and resources to effi... Read >
Author: Mark Skinner

Fewer Lenders Offering Personal Loans

The number of lenders offering unsecured personal loans has fallen; a move that financial information firm Moneyfacts has called a "worrying" trend. Eskimo Loans, which is funded by the financially stricken lender Northern Rock, recently decided to pull ... Read >
Author: Jenny Longmuir

PPI On Loans

New research from financial information company, Moneyfacts, has shown that borrowers are to face rising repayment terms on their personal loans which will leave many people with a financial headache. Lenders were seen to be pushing up certain rates ... Read >
Author: Phil

Buy-to-let still tipped for good year

Another day, another set of apparently gloomy property statistics. Yesterday we had the Land Registry and Moneyfacts house price figures for March and April respectively, with both showing monthly price falls and the former indicating an annual drop in pr... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

Many credit card customers finding going tough

The first signs that credit will be more difficult to obtain in the future has come with the news that refusal rates for credit card applications are rising, and one major issuer has even unilaterally terminated 160,000 customers' accounts as it attempts ... Read >
Author: Vicky Cochrane

Loans: Slowdown in Personal Loans Lending

A recent report has revealed that over the past few months there has been a considerable slow down in personal loan lending throughout the UK. November of last year saw a decrease of 10% in the number of personal loans processed by UK lenders. Becau... Read >
Author: Liam Gerken

Get your credit cards sorted before Christmas

With Christmas rapidly approaching, now is the perfect time to check out whether you have the best credit cards to see you through the festive period. If you are carrying forward a balance that is likely to increase in line with your Christmas shopping, t... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan

Should friends still "stick together" when trying to get on the property ladder?

When it comes to setting foot on the property ladder, many people are finding it increasingly difficult to overcome initial challenges. The process of acquiring property is certainly intricate enough on its own; but when it comes to high interest rates an... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan

Overdraft Rates Up Again...

With bank charges in the spotlight again following the recent BBC Money Programme investigation, and the numerous campaigns to reclaim charges pending the outcome for the OFTs research due in the first quarter of 2007, Moneyfacts.co.uk takes a look at the... Read >
Author: Marco Barra

Business Banks Need to be More Switched On

In our 2007 Mystery Shopper survey, Business Moneyfacts approached 10 business banks, posing as a micro business looking to switch current account provider. Whilst any survey of this nature can be somewhat subjective, it is important to stress that banks ... Read >
Author: Marco Barra

Savers New Year Surprise

The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to increase base rate by a further 0.25 per cent on 11 January caught everybody on the hop, from financial commentators through to the banks and building societies themselves. The rate increases of August and Novem... Read >
Author: Marco Barra

Zero Interest On Credit Cards War

On the total contrast with last year's predictions, companies made a come back by re-introducing the interest free deals. Using the credit card balance transfer, a large number of companies-as data from www.Moneyfacts.co.uk is showing to us- are havi... Read >
Author: Alison White

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